Thousands of Kaiser Permanente mental health professionals throughout California started a weeklong strike Monday to protest what they say is a lack of staffing that affects care. National Union of Healthcare Workers says 4,000 psychologists, therapists, social workers, psychiatric nurses

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Thousands of mental health workers for Kaiser-Permanente are expected to start a five-day statewide strike Monday to protest what they consider chronic understaffing leading to lengthy waits for treatment.

About 4,000 clinicians - psychologists, therapists, social workers, psychiatric nurses and addiction medicine specialists - represented by the National Union of Healthcare Workers are scheduled to strike Monday through Friday. They'll set up picket lines outside dozens of Kaiser facilities...